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Tariffs, Penguins, and Economic Sadism

A breakdown of Trump’s global tariff disaster, from penguin islands to poverty-stricken nations.

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Apr 04, 2025
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On April 2, 2025, Donald Trump stood before the cameras and declared it "Liberation Day." What followed was a global economic cannonball: sweeping tariffs on nearly every trading partner the U.S. has, including penguins, poverty, and uninhabited rocks in the ocean.

This wasn’t trade policy. It was performance art.

Except the pain? That’s real.

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